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Title Eludes EMHS

HARRISONBURG — By the ninth minute of Saturday’s VISAA Division II girls’ soccer state championship game in Richmond, Eastern Mennonite High School already trailed by two goals.
SHS Has Arms…

HARRISONBURG – The way Spotswood High School baseball coach Mike Thompson figures it, he’s got the pitching to win in a tournament setting.
Towson Sweeps JMU

TOWSON, Md. — Second baseman Pat Fitzgerald singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Towson a 5-4 win over James Madison in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game Saturday.
Schedule And Scores
Commentary: MAC, WAC?

HARRISONBURG – It turns out James Madison has gotten a nibble or two from other conferences as the Colonial Athletic Association loses its appeal quicker than an “American Idol” champion.

Want To Change A Habit?

Based on the emails I received after last week’s column about my heart attack — thanks for all the kind words — many of you do.
The People’s Pulse

Last week seemed scheduled to toy with constituents’ political barometers: Vice President Joe Biden expressed approval of same-sex marriage on May 6 during NBC’s “Meet the Press,” North Carolinians voted Tuesday to outlaw gay marriage in the state, and President Barack Obama returned volley with an unexpected endorsement of gay marriage on Wednesday during an interview for ABC.
Coppelia’ Comes To BC’s Cole Hall

HARRISONBURG - The Rockingham Ballet Theatre will bring the classic “Coppelia” to stage once again this weekend.
‘Zuppe’ Offers Gumbo Of Soup Recipes

At first, I was surprised that the American Academy in Rome would assume that Italians might need their help in preserving time-honored food traditions. This is a subject Italians are famously passionate about.

Coming Up in the Valley
North Fork area Relay for Life teams

We know there were more than two in the area, but only two sent us photos. Here they are: Warrior Women—Stronger than Cancer and Myers Miracles.
Plan B hosts photo exhibit
Timberville eyes infrastructure upgrades
Timberville pulls out of water system study

If Broadway and New Market want to build a regional water system, they’ll have to go it alone.
Timberville Historic District hearing postponed
Hillyard FCCLA 'outstanding' at state competition

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club members travel to the State Leadership and Recognition Conference in Virginia Beach.
Club News
The Next Step

What are employers looking for? Find out in this column by Margee Greenfield.
Threads of Faith

The Rev. Robert Edwards muses on the GPS, its wonderous technology and what it can tell us about faith.
The Active Life

Don’t be ‘that parent’ we've all seen on the sidelines and in the stands.
Valley Treasures: a Civil-War era sidesaddle

Elmer Kipps, 87, tells the story of his grandmother's sidesaddle, used during the Civil War to visit her brothers fighting for the Confederacy.